Vocabulary Instruction

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repetitious
technical
fervid
covert
Vocabulary Instruction
constantly
simulation
Structural Analysis
adversary
initiate
fortunate
articulate
Diana Triplett
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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug
used by mankind." --Rudyard Kipling
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Analyzing Words

• Consider
• Origins
• Structure
• Meaning

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Spelling-Meaning Connection

• Words with similar origins/meaning are often
  spelled in similar ways.
• sign
• signal
• signature
• Such words may be pronounced differently.
• Structural analysis can help us make these
  connections.

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What do you know about this word?

• pandemonium?

What does it mean?
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Pandemonium - definition

• An uproar
• An extremely disorderly situation
• Mass disorder
• Chaos

What is the origin of this word?
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Pandemonium??????

• Pandas first visited the U.S. in the early 20th
  century
• Their arrival sparked much curiosity
• Pandamonium became pandemonium

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Pandemonium????

• Pandoras box
• A Greek myth
• Pandora opens the mysterious box that leads to
  the unleashing of all the evils in the world
• Her name became associated with chaos

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Pandemonium????

• John Milton wrote Paradise Lost.
• He used pandaemonium as the name for the capital
  of Hell.
• Greek pan means all.
• Latin daemonium means demon.

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Learning about Word Parts

• Derivatives
• (root words)
• Prefixes
• Suffixes

These word parts come from other languages like
Greek or Latin. They are often the source of odd
English spellings.
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Prefixes

• Added to the beginning of words
• Change the meaning of words
• Example
• Cover means hide from view.
• Discover means to find.

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Common Prefixes
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Common Prefixes
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Suffixes

• Added to end of words
• Change words function and meaning
• Example
• Exclaim is a verb meaning to shout suddenly
• Exclamation is a noun meaning noisy talk

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Common Suffixes
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Common Suffixes
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Derivatives

• Root words
• Base words
• Carry the most meaning
• Most English words are built from at least one
  root.

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Common Derivatives
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Common Derivatives
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Put It All Together And

• Analyze transport
• Latin root port
• Means to carry
• Prefix trans
• Means across
• Transport carry across
• Add a suffix - ation
• Means action or process
• Transportation the act of carrying something
  across a space

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